Assoc. Prof. Violeta Gerjikova, Ph.D.

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Education and professional occupation

• 1982: Graduated from the National College for Ancient Languages and Cultures.
•  1987: Master degree in Classical Philology at the Department of Classics, University of Sofia.
•  1988: Lecturer in Latin in the Department of Classics.
•  1988-91: Post-graduate study at the University of Sofia.
• 1991: Assistant Professor of Ancient culture in the Department of Classics, Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology at the University of Sofia.
• 1997: Senior Assistant Professor.
• 1998: Ph. D. thesis “Concepts and Ideas of Culture in Ancient Greek Prose of V-IV centuries BC”, defended at the University of Sofia.
• 1998: Chief Assistant Professor
• 2006: Associate Professor
  

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Classical Studies
• Ancient Greek culture
• Roman Culture
• Latin for Beginners
• Intermediate Latin
• Ancient Literature and Civilization
  

Involvement in Academic Projects

• 1997-2004: Participant in the Project "Romulus Bulgaricus - A Bilingual Digital Library for Latin Literature".
• 2000-2001: Participant in the International Colloquia “Teaching Latin in Eastern Europe”, Trieste, Italy and “Teaching Latin in Europe”, Udine, Italy, organized by Unione Latine.
• 2005-present: Coordinator of the International Project "Contextualizing Classics: Renewal of Teaching Practices and Concepts", supported by Higher Education Support Program, Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching, OSI Budapest and Sofia University

Selected publications

• Ph. D. thesis: Concepts and Ideas of Culture in Ancient Greek Prose of V-IV centuries BC, 1998.
• The Contribution of Czech Scholars to Classical Education in Bulgaria. In: International conference dedicated to Otmar Vanorny. Vysoke Myto 1997, 222 - 226.
• Thucydides Modernus. In: Gerjikova, V., N. Gochev,  Y. Sirakova (Eds.), Symposium. Antiquity and Humanities. Essays in honour of Prof. Bogdanov, Sofia, 2000.
• Education in the Old Greek Classical Period as a Cultural Issue. In: New Publicity 5, Sofia 2001.
• Literature. Textbook for the IX-th Grade, Sofia, 2001.
• Ancient Literature in Bulgaria From the Liberation from Ottoman Suppression till the End of World War I. In: Translation Reception of Ancient Literature in Bulgaria during 19th and 20th centuries, vol. 3, Sofia, 2002, 17 - 36.
• The “Uncosy” Classics. In: Critique and Humanism, vol. 13, No. 1/ 2002.
• Education and Cultural Integration – Ancient Models. In: Proceedings of the Balkan conference “XXI century – Balkans – Science and Education”, Plovdiv, 2002, 172 – 174.
• Thucydides’ Concepts and Ideas of Culture. In: Annual of Sofia University, FCMP, vol. 90, 1-2, 2003, 5 – 54.
• Epics and Gastronomy. Aspects of Representation of Food and Feasting in Homer, in: Power and Socium. In honorem M. Taceva. Historical Bulletin 1, Blagoevgrad, 2003, 17 - 54.
• Rhythm of the Day – Poetry and Prose (Martialis 4, 8). In: Gerjikova V., E. Marinova (Eds.), Cultura animi. Essays in honour of Prof. A. Nikolova, Sofia 2004, 209 - 215.
• Nature and Culture in the Roman Villa Urbana. In: Ancient Civilization on the Balkans and in the Mediterranean, Conference of the Department of History, University of Veliko Tyrnovo, 31 May-1 June 2002 (in print).
• R. Popovich’s Chrestoethea and the Ancient Roots of the Discourse about Proper Conduct, in: Techne grammatike. In honorem St. Poromanska, Veliko Tyrnovo, 2005.
• Ancient Greek Views on Civilization and World Order: the Speeches of Isocrates, Civilazations and World Orders, International Symposium, Istanbul, May, 2006.

selected books edited

• Gerjikova, V., N. Gochev,  Y. Sirakova (Eds.), Symposium. Antiquity and Humanities. Essays in honour of Prof. B. Bogdanov, Sofia, 2000.
• Gerjikova V., E. Marinova (Eds.), Cultura animi. Essays in honour of Prof. A. Nikolova, Sofia 2004.

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